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Projects

Made@EU

Bridging the digital divide that hinders the use of digital fabrication knowledge and technologies in the European cultural and creative sectors.

The Made@EU project saw Arts University Plymouth and Fab Lab South West work in partnership with prestigious research and education centres in Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Budapest, in an international collaboration co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme. This strong international network of leaders in the Fab Lab network joined forces to offer diverse programmes, creating opportunities for artists, designers and craftspeople to explore and exchange ideas across borders.

With our Fab Lab facilities at its core, the project included a range of residency programmes and workshops — including a ‘Using 3D Digital Tools for Making’ symposium — which enabled artists and designers from across Europe to explore and exchange new ideas surrounding innovative making and digital fabrication technologies.

Led by the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia the project welcomed international artists and makers to the South West through subsidised residencies, granting them exclusive access to Fab Lab South West and Arts University Plymouth facilities and technical support. Through these residencies, artists enhanced their practice and bridged the digital divide — melding traditional craft and design techniques with experimental, digital processes.

Seven artists, designers and makers joined our Made@EU residency scheme, with their experimental work culminating in a public exhibition hosted by The Gallery. From sculpture and animation to furniture and architectural models, The Gallery showcased pieces from Adriana Ionascu, Alfie Smith, Jack West, Laura Martinez, Mark von Rosenstiel, Matthew Bush and Phil Cuttance, Ludovic Mallegol and Annemie Maes.

Made@EU Profiles: Matthew Bush from Plymouth College of Art on Vimeo.

See all our Made@EU videos here.

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Made@EU

Bridg­ing the dig­i­tal divide that hin­ders the use of dig­i­tal fab­ri­ca­tion knowl­edge and tech­nolo­gies in the Euro­pean cul­tur­al and cre­ative sectors.
The Environmental Futures and Big Data Impact Lab The Environmental Futures and Big Data Impact Lab

The Envi­ron­men­tal Futures and Big Data Impact Lab

The Envi­ron­men­tal Futures and Big Data Impact Lab is a part­ner­ship of sev­en Devon-based organ­i­sa­tions, work­ing togeth­er to help busi­ness­es analyse data to cre­ate new prod­ucts and ser­vices, focus­ing on safe­guard­ing the environment.
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Ashnihilation: augmented reality for ecological storytelling Ashnihilation: augmented reality for ecological storytelling

Ash­ni­hi­la­tion: aug­ment­ed real­i­ty for eco­log­i­cal storytelling

An aug­ment­ed real­i­ty art­work by Dr Tom Milnes, co-cre­at­ed with stu­dents and sup­port­ed by Fab Lab South West 3D scan­ning, that engaged the pub­lic with ash dieback through sev­en twi­light per­for­mances on Ply­mouth Hoe, Devon, and mobile AR access city-wide.
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Smart Citizens Programme Smart Citizens Programme

Smart Cit­i­zens Programme

The Smart Cit­i­zens Pro­gramme is open­ing Fab Lab South West to com­mu­ni­ties. We’re sup­port­ing cit­i­zens in devel­op­ing skills to design and make their own objects, prod­ucts and art­work using dig­i­tal fabrication.
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Barnaby’s Brewhouse: capturing CO₂ for a circular brewing economy Barnaby’s Brewhouse: capturing CO₂ for a circular brewing economy

Barnaby’s Brew­house: cap­tur­ing CO₂ for a cir­cu­lar brew­ing economy

Devon-based Barnaby’s Brew­house worked with Fab Lab South West to design and pro­to­type a sys­tem that cap­tures and puri­fies CO₂ from beer fer­men­ta­tion. The inno­va­tion reduces reliance on fos­sil fuel-derived CO₂, cuts costs, and opens new pos­si­bil­i­ties for reuse in food and agriculture.
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Agrikinetics: turning miscanthus grass into sustainable packaging Agrikinetics: turning miscanthus grass into sustainable packaging

Agri­ki­net­ics: turn­ing mis­cant­hus grass into sus­tain­able packaging

Fab Lab South West worked with Dorset-based Agri­ki­net­ics to test whether mis­cant­hus grass pulp could replace import­ed paper and card in pack­ag­ing. The project proved the con­cept, pro­duc­ing moulds for fruit car­tons and sup­port­ing a grant to scale local production.
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SageTech: recycling anaesthetic gases to cut emissions in healthcare SageTech: recycling anaesthetic gases to cut emissions in healthcare

SageTech: recy­cling anaes­thet­ic gas­es to cut emis­sions in healthcare

SageTech part­nered with Fab Lab South West to pro­to­type com­po­nents for an anaes­thet­ic gas cap­ture and recy­cling sys­tem — accel­er­at­ing R&D from con­cept to pilot and sup­port­ing a low­er-car­bon future for oper­at­ing theatres.
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Atkinson Architects: enhancing heritage renovation with LiDAR and model-making Atkinson Architects: enhancing heritage renovation with LiDAR and model-making

Atkin­son Archi­tects: enhanc­ing her­itage ren­o­va­tion with LiDAR and model-making

Fab Lab South West sup­port­ed Atkin­son Archi­tects with LiDAR scan­ning and archi­tec­tur­al mod­el-mak­ing for a Grade I‑listed ren­o­va­tion on the Dart­ing­ton Estate, deliv­er­ing dig­i­tal pre­ci­sion and tan­gi­ble pro­to­types to inform con­ser­va­tion planning.
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Laura Quinn: innovating wearable glass with digital design Laura Quinn: innovating wearable glass with digital design

Lau­ra Quinn: inno­vat­ing wear­able glass with dig­i­tal design

Irish glass artist and Arts Uni­ver­si­ty Ply­mouth alum­na Lau­ra Quinn col­lab­o­rat­ed with Fab Lab South West to cre­ate mod­u­lar, wear­able glass art using bespoke 3D-print­ed con­nec­tors, blend­ing tra­di­tion­al glass­blow­ing with dig­i­tal fab­ri­ca­tion for more sus­tain­able, adapt­able design.
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AYCH - Improving lives with design and digital fabrication AYCH - Improving lives with design and digital fabrication

AYCH — Improv­ing lives with design and dig­i­tal fabrication

The EU fund­ed Atlantic Cre­ative Youth Hubs Project builds a social inno­va­tion mod­el for young peo­ple sup­port­ing social entre­pre­neur­ship, employ­ment and edu­ca­tion in the cre­ative and cul­tur­al industries.
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Art & Energy: breathing new life into solar design Art & Energy: breathing new life into solar design

Art & Ener­gy: breath­ing new life into solar design

Art & Ener­gy CIC part­nered with Fab Lab South West at Arts Uni­ver­si­ty Ply­mouth in Ply­mouth, South West Eng­land, to explore how pho­to­volta­ic pan­els can be cut, engraved and artis­ti­cal­ly fin­ished with­out sac­ri­fic­ing per­for­mance. The col­lab­o­ra­tion demon­strates how cre­ative tech­nol­o­gy can accel­er­ate pub­lic accep­tance of green infra­struc­ture by mak­ing it desir­able as well as functional.
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Fab Lab in schools Fab Lab in schools

Fab Lab in schools

We want to inspire dig­i­tal mak­ers, devel­op dig­i­tal mak­ing skills in young peo­ple, and sup­port the dig­i­tal agen­da with­in the curriculum.
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Skills Support for the Workforce Skills Support for the Workforce

Skills Sup­port for the Workforce

Our Skills Sup­port for the Work­force project invit­ed busi­ness­es, artists and small traders into our Fab Lab to take part in a course that trained them how to use the kit and then how to adapt it to their practice.
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HackFest HackFest

Hack­Fest

Part of Ven­turefest South West, Hack­Fest is a coun­ty-wide project for young peo­ple to come togeth­er to cre­ate prod­uct pro­to­types that respond to the issues of the future.
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